Electric storage battery



W. GILL.

ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED APILZS, 1920.

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T INVENTOR L E I A TT ORNE Yi Patented Mar. l5, 19.21

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w. L` GILL. ELECTRTC STORAGE BATTERY. y l APPLICATION FILED APR.23.|920.

Patented Man-15, 19A

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ATTORNEYS To all 'whom t may conc/em;

Be il; known ,that WALTER AwmiNor. Ginn, citizen of the Qnlil States,residing ai bien Beinmdino, in' repiiny of. San Eeinaiqlino `and Si,Caliloinia, have iiivenecl ceefiniiew' and'useful nprovements inElectric Storage. Batteries. ol' which llie follow-:ing isspecification, re'feence lieiii @lied tlieiein' toffee accompanyingdrewsemblance between my inipovefl lmery mid @lie omeiies new in use,ceases.

The oifeiy of this applicfiion has its; vpluies disposed in :i novelmanner with i'e- .sp-ect io each otliei and Wil-li iiespect 'to lieClaims to such 'novel aungethe plates are piesen'fecl in my eopliesiionleiiiil Nun'ileiiOQ/?) n B5-*eli (luy o zmumy ll This ion (leveled tothe protectionl of nis by ineens of which the cuil 'Wiliou the possi--niem 'with reSpect to each B5 il und in suoli mun- Pl troly F ber l idfulvfiniagesof the in- .fention will be se 'oili in `die, detailed desciption which now follows.

in the fr iliuwing-- Figue l is e longi "nel vericul section Y ooiistcioin ;=.ccoi'(lfance with ,'45 ille invci n;

Fig. 's o transverse veitioal section lie'feo'f; incl l 'S a pei'swee-iwSeemoly with the parles in sligliil'f elaion.

Like numeral coi-iesponcling pulls luougL u fil, ee the drawing'.

ln Elie drawing 5 desi of muivenlionel oini liaiwl i'ubliei but whichmuy lm o. :my eui'u l1 ive plaies 3 nonv upon lie Inaike employ ieconnect-eil lo u sting T cari-ying the negative terminal 8 while l-neseries of posiive plates S) is conneced to zi Steep l0 Whichcaii'ies'the positive terminal ll.

in storage batfei'ies, oi conventional Loziii, the plates ere arrangedlo i'un lengthwise of the beey je?. According to lie pre-sent invenion,the plates are flisosedf tionsversely' of the und spaced .nueli fziilieragar?, than has heretofore been the pmcice. In stencleicl batlei'ies theilisance between. the plates is about one-sixteenth of :in inch., Whileaccoi'di'r C between-ille plm. u. one liuiulied uinpei'e liziefy willvbe about eex'euslxleentlis of un inclu However. i iw to be,.iiulei'l'oful that the ilissunce muy vz es required. large lotterieslille will be farther upuli; than in sinuil only For holding;` the p..ei in giiopei'ly spaced relation un ujpc: pucfiuu' element l2 intl Llo'we'il spucino; element i :we employed. The lowei n iii-iuge mit lilrests upon Tiles; lV- of die lui'ei'y jui' 3 lo be iieui iuv spacedielulion lo the lmtoin ol" il il? llueeby. The lioiioni gpm-ing zi lilis vomposed oi' :i iecimguliu ille spanned 0) 2i piui'ulilyo luiifs l5excl 1 which cu` ries a pair of must-milling l lil, suiel lipsv beingspaced lo forni glie p :ile ieceivii'igg' grooves iT lie'umn mem, wiliiuwhich the lower edges of the pluies uie i'eceived. The lips 13 ui'erounded oil oi' lieveleil to direct sediment (lfm'iwmilly between "Sielmi's i5 unil through opeuinge 'lT formed between the sever: l liais tolle space beueuali *flic lower.' Spacing eleinen, lil.

The lop' divide? oi' syncing elemen l2 con: el e rectangular freine l2*which is open uc lll lo iiiei'mii, of lie escape of gases generale-.4lin lie liu'tery und die Side members ol: which are notched at intervals:wlw (limited uit iii). flie alteinate iioiolies upon euch side ol'Y`lie ii'mne 12a me ei; ended up- Wzudly to the upper 'face oi: Suidframe as ind cliceeel at ll for lplieqmssege of the extern sions (3 and9 by which negative und positive pluies :ire connectecl lo the Stieps 7and l0. This consiruction linings tlie uppei Sui-fece of the topflividei' or spacing element below the plane of ii'ie lower: Siii'faceof the straps :incl l() so when li'e pars e in nssemlolecl elzilion pnein .e'f edges- 0l @e cverlio the uppe sur e, of die .u 1 1:' oi lue mamezo nu; invention the distance i Limbes l2 lie between the plates at theupper portions thereof andV hold said plates in properly spacedrelation. rThe top and bottom dividers'lQ and 13 may be made of anysuit-- able material such as liber, glass, Wood, hard rubber9 celluloidof any other insulating inaterial.

After the parts are brought to the assembled relation shown in Figs. l.and 2 a hard rubber top indicated at 5ft is placed in position andsealed inthe customary manner. Thus it will be seen that all possibilityot vibration or moving around ot the plates in the battery jar isprevented. While the plates may be of any size they are prefer ably madehigher and shallower than the plates at present in use, which areusually almost square. Furthermore, l prefer to malte the plates in mybattery considerably thicker than the ordinary plates. These plates willbe about five thirtyseconds of an inch thick. VThis renders it possibleto use a heavier grid and prevent the plates from buckling.

By placing the plates crosswise ot the battery jar and increasingtheheight of the plates the capacity is maintained While at the/same timemore room is provided so that the plates may be spaced farther apart. Abattery of that nature is disclosed and claimed in my c-,opei'lding`application Serial No. 440,029 above referred to.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes Within its purview Whateverchanges fairly come Within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims. j

Having described my invention, what l claim isv l. A device of thecharacter described lcomprising a battery jar, a plurality of spacedpositive and negative plates therein, spaced connecting straps tor thepositive and negative plates respectively and an upper thespacing-element and the upper edges oi' f said bars being reduced toform inclined snr laces 'for directing sediment through the spacesbetween said bars.

3. A device ol? the character described comprising a battery jar, aplurality ot spaced positive and negative plates therein,

-a pair of connectii'ig' straps one disposed along each side oit thejar., one of said straps beingr connected to the paisitive plate byreduced extension upon said plate and the other of said straps beingconnected to the negative plate by reduced extensions upon said platesand an upper spacingn element consisting; of a rectangular ira-ine lyingbetween the reduced extensions of the plates and the lower face of whichis notched for the receptionof the upper edges of the plates, saidelement being of such Width that its outer edges projectbeneath and areheld against vertical movement by the spaced connecting straps.

ln testimony Whereot l hereunto aiiix nay signature.

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